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<blockquote data-quote="ttown" data-source="post: 3723687" data-attributes="member: 2114"><p>Depends on what your doing a restaff or hairspring takes tools and knowledge.</p><p></p><p>a clean, oil, adjust (COA) with a mainspring isn’t bad. Parts can be hard if you you don’t have parts cabinets or plates from junkers. Most American watches after 1857 are parts swapable but many early watches you need a machine shop to fit or fabricate a part. Crystals are gold.</p><p></p><p>The 16s 3/4 plates are easier than the 18 size full plates. I use dental tools to jockey the pinion gears into the top plate after putting all the gears in the hole jewels on the lower plate.</p><p></p><p>Really it’s mechanical so it’s just time consuming until your doing 10 or 15 a week. Get a cheap 12 size 7 jewel to play with. I started to teach my kids since technology was taking over cars more and more in the 90s.</p><p></p><p>Clocks are a lot easier with big parts and being able to use common tools but the same concept.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]251712[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]251713[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ttown, post: 3723687, member: 2114"] Depends on what your doing a restaff or hairspring takes tools and knowledge. a clean, oil, adjust (COA) with a mainspring isn’t bad. Parts can be hard if you you don’t have parts cabinets or plates from junkers. Most American watches after 1857 are parts swapable but many early watches you need a machine shop to fit or fabricate a part. Crystals are gold. The 16s 3/4 plates are easier than the 18 size full plates. I use dental tools to jockey the pinion gears into the top plate after putting all the gears in the hole jewels on the lower plate. Really it’s mechanical so it’s just time consuming until your doing 10 or 15 a week. Get a cheap 12 size 7 jewel to play with. I started to teach my kids since technology was taking over cars more and more in the 90s. Clocks are a lot easier with big parts and being able to use common tools but the same concept. [ATTACH type="full" alt="8A11DD15-CC38-47F4-B173-7763624E0C53.jpeg"]251712[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="1158D296-ACC6-4CBF-9777-D0A257CFDA7B.jpeg"]251713[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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